RE: Work is no longer a defense against poverty
Sadly, you are right.
But if my posts makes one person pause and think about it a bit, I will consider that a win.
Bonus: Sure fire way to succeed in life!
- Live on half of your monthly income.
- Save and invest the other half every month, consistency is the key, especially early on.
First couple of years doing this sucks pretty bad, but no worse than going to college and accumulating a huge debt and no good job anyway. If you can't save half, save what you can and work your way up to 50% as your investments start to pay off. As you become more successful at investing and you start making money, count that as income and increase your living budget accordingly. This way you will see a steady path to a higher and higher standard of living. Do this for 10 years and you can start thinking about not working for someone else.
But if you go the brainwashed way, 10 years will get you a possibly worthless college degree and maybe put a dent in your college debt, looking forward to a lifetime of drudgery work. Think people!
We might not have to worry about this much longer. The age of artificial scarcity is coming to an end. Cryptocurrency is ushering in the age of abundance and the ability for communities to directly control their currency.
I work a shit job for Amazon sorting packages. I put every last cent I make into crypto because crypto is the future.
Excellent! Crypto does seem to be a game changer. I have been buying some every month for over a year now.
I'll tell you what else, I love the positive and excited attitude everyone seems to have in the cryptoverse. It is such an interesting and fast moving field. I spend most of my time trying to keep up, lol. This is the excitement all young people should be feeling about life, not the misery that the legacy system has waiting for you.
Most of the people I meet have an interest in crypto but are scared of it. I think a huge percentage of the current population of Steemit is going to be in a unique position very soon. We will all have the opportunity to become crypto brokers for people who want to buy in but are afraid of doing something stupid.
Keep a look out for Genesis Vision. It's an ERC-20 coin that wants to do just that: decentralized transparent crypto brokerage.